About Pepper, Scott Yanow of All Music stated, "In the 1950s he was one of the few altoists (along with Lee Konitz and Paul Desmond) that was able to develop his own sound despite the dominant influence of Charlie Parker" and: "When Art Pepper died at the age of 56, he had attained his goal of becoming the world's great altoist."[2]

Featuring transriptions and solos of his classic performancesof Groovin' High, Too Close for Comfort, Anthropology, Birks Works and many others.